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ColonizedMind posted...

I think Mankind Divided is really underrated. Its a big shame the game doesnt have a satisfying conclusion but Prague is such an amazing city to explore and for my money the peak of immersive sim level design.

Prague is great, but the problem is Prague is all there is.

Prague feels like it should be the 1st location you visit in a globetrotting adventure. Like NYC in the original. But the whole game takes place there and ends really abrutly and really quickly halfway through the story with a main villain you barely interact with.

It's just so unsatisfying as an experience despite the effort the team put into Prague.

Hell looking back I don't think any of the characters or their dynamics land. I can't even remember the names of your boss, the pilot, the female aug agent, the villain, the evil psychologist, the guy who ran the aug city.

I can remember Jock and Bob Page and Manderly and Maggie Chow and Paul.
I can remember Sarif, Megan Reed, Malik, Pritchard, Haas, Barrett.
I can remember Billie Adams, Nassif, Chad, Luminon, Donna Morgan, Sid Black.

And they are all older characters from older games. Nothing MD clicked and the weird "Augs as racial segreation" thing was so over the top it lost all value as political commentary that it could have had. Let alone not fitting into the original.

Mankind Divided wasn't "bad" but jeepers creepers was it totally flawed from a gameplay, worldbuilding, story and character perspective. You can't solely blame the poor sales on the bad DLC and pre-order businsess practices. The game just flat out wasn't up to snuff.

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Major spoilers

I would like to add that the "Adam Jenson actually died at the end of HR and the Adam Jenson in MD is a clone" fan theory is one of my favorite fan theories out there and whether they intended or not I really hope that's the direction they would have gone with in a hypothetical 3rd Adam Jenson game. It works so well thematically.